RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION AND THE LEGACY OF RECONSTRUCTION.
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RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION
AND THE LEGACY OF RECONSTRUCTION.
ANDREW JOHNSON SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT.
BY A VOTE OF 35 TO 19EDMUND ROSS REFUSES TO YIELD
TO POLITICAL PRESSURE.SAVE THE PRINCIPLE OF
“SEPARATION OF POWERS”BUT JOHNSON IS WEAKENED.
U.S. GRANT IS ELECTED IN 1868
CONGRESS BECOME DOMINATENO MORE CONFLICT BETWEEN
PRESIDENT & CONGRESS.JOHNSON RETURNS TO TENN. & 5
YEARS LATER IS ELECTED TO THE SENATE
GRANT IS WAR HERO
NO POLITICAL EXPERIENCESLOGAN: “LET US HAVE PEACE.”DEMOCRATS NOMINATE HORATIO
SEYMOURE “COPPERHEAD” GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK.
ELECTORAL VOTE 214 TO 80
LESSON OF THE ELECTION
REPUBLICANS NEED FREEDMAN’S VOTE MUST PREVENT WHITE VOTING. THE KEY TO CONGRESSIONAL
RECONSTRUCTION IS BLACK SUFFRAGE. REUBLICANS NEED BLACK VOTES TO
CONTROL SOUTHERN STATES.
MORE…
14TH AMENDMENT INDIRECTLY PROMOTES BLACK VOTING
RECONSTRUCTION ACT OF 1867 REQUIRES BLACK SUFFRAGE AS PREREQUISTE FOR READMISSION TO THE UNION.
MORE...
IRONICALLY SOME NORTHERN STATES DENY BLACKS THE VOTE.
CONGRESS PROPOSES THE 15TH AMENDMENT RATIFIED IN 1870
VOTE CANNOT BE DENIED BASED ON RACE, COLOR,…
GRANT AS PRESIDENT
CABINET WEAK & CORRUPTHAMILTON FISH SEC OF STATE,
SOLE EXCEPTIONGRANT NOT PERSONALLY CORRUPT,
BUT LOOKED OTHER WAY TO PROTECT FRIENDS
SCANDALS
JIM FISK & JAY GOULD – THE ERIE RAILROAD DEAL.
VANDERBILT WANTS CONTROL OF THE ERIE R.R.
“WATERING OF STOCK.”: PRINTED AND SOLD MORE STOCK WITHOUT ADDING ASSETS TO THE RAILROAD
MORE SCANDALS..
FISK & GOULD TRY TO CORNER GOLD MARKET
SEPT 24TH, 1869GRANT PROMISES TO HELP.DROVE GOLD PRICES UP, THEN SOLD
SHORT INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES: “GRANT NOT
CROOK, JUST STUPID.”
SANTA DOMINGO
GRANT WANT TO ANNEX SANTA DOMINGO AS HAVEN FOR BLACKS
SEN. SUMNER BLOCKS PLANGRANT HAS HIM STRIPPED OF
POWER.
WILLIAM MARCY TWEED
POLITICAL “BOSS” OF N.Y. CITYPRINCIPLES: “ADDITION, DIVISION, &
SILENCE.”ROBBED MILLIONS FROM
TAXPAYERS
TWEED VS THOMAS NAST
POLITICAL CARTOONIST N.Y. TIMESTWEED OFFERS $5 MILLION BRIBE.NAST SAYS NO!TWEED FLEES TO SPAINCAPTURED WHEN GUARD
RECOGNIZES HIM FROM NAST CARTOON.
SAM TILDEN CONVICTS TWEED
TWEED GOES TO JAIL TILDEN WIN NATIONAL RECOGNITION BECOMES DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IN
1876
MORE CORRUPTION
THE CREDIT MOBILIER 1867-1872UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD PHONY
CONSTRUCTION COMPANYGRANTS VICE PRESIDENT IS LINKED
TO CORRUPTIONGRANT PROTECTS HIM
THE WHISKEY RING
GRANT’S SECRETARY ORVILLE BABCOCK INVOLVED.
GRANT PROTECTS HIM.
FOREIGN POLICY PROBLEMS
CUBAN REBELLION 1868THE VIRGINIUS AFFAIRSPANISH EXECUTE AMERICAN GUN
RUNNERSGRANT THREATENS WAR.FISH MAKES DEAL
THE ALABAMA CLAIM
U.S. CLAIMS BRITISH OWE $ FOR DAMAGES DONE BY THE ALABAMA
FISH GET $15.5 MILLIONWE USE THREAT TO ARM IRISH TO
CONVINCE THE BRITISH
ELECTION OF 1872
LIBERAL REPUBLICANS REVOLTNOMINATE HORACE GREELEYPROMISES TO END CORRUPTIONDEMOCRATS ENDORSE GREELEYPROMISES TO “CLOSE THE BLOODY
CHASM.”
MORE….
REPUBLICANS RE-NOMINATE GRANT“WAVE THE BLOODY SHIRT.”ATTACK GREELEY AS “BROWN BREAD
EATER.”DESPITE SCANDALS GRANT WINS 286 TO
66GREELEY IS RUINED AND DIES SHORTLY
AFTER ELECTION
SOUTHERN COUNTER ATTACK
“CARPET BAGGERS”“SCALAWAGS”KKKKNIGHTS OF THE WHITE CAMILLAGOAL TO RE-ESTABLISH WHITE
SUPREMACY
CONGRESS RESPONDS
THE ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1870 PROTECT BLACK VOTERS FEDERAL SUPERVISION OF SOUTHERN
ELECTIONS SUSPENDS HABEAS CORPUS TO DEAL
WITH THE KLAN IN 1869 THE FREEDMAN’S BUREAU DIES
ELECTION OF 1876
HAYES FOR THE REPUBLICANS TILDEN FOR THE DEMOCRATS IT TAKES 185 ELECTORAL VOTES TO WIN TILDEN HAS 184 AND A CLEAR MAJORITY
IN THE POPULAR VOTE. BUT 4 STATES HAVE DISPUTED BALLOTS
WHAT TO DO?
CONGRESS FORMS THE COMMITTEE OF 15
APPOINTS 7 REPUBLICANSAND 7 DEMOCRATS1 INDEPENDENTCAN NOT FIND AN INDEPENDENT TO
SERVE.
THE COMPROMISE OF 1877
HAYES BECOMES PRESIDENTRECONSTRUCTION ENDSPATRONAGE IS DIVIDED BETWEEN
THE PARTIESFEDERAL TROOPS ARE WITHDRAWNTHE FREEDMEN ARE ABANDONED.
REDEMPTION BEGINS
FIRST GOAL STOP BLACK VOTING. TACTICS: KKK AND PHSICAL INTIMIDATION SHARE CROPING & ECONOMIC
INTIMIDATION POLL TAXES THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE LITERACY TESTS
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